MY GOVT HAS NOT BORROWED A DIME FROM ANY BANK – GOV. OKOROCHA- TO MAKE LG CHAIRMEN’S TENURE 3 YEARS & NO MORE 2 YEARS.
- SPENT OVER N50 BILLION ON FREE EDUCATION
- SAYS HE WON’T RUN FOR PRESIDENCY IN 2019
Governor Rochas Okorocha has said that the Rescue Mission Government in the State which he Superintends has not borrowed from any bank, stating that opponents of his government have been talking about his borrowing from banks because of the numerous projects his administration has executed.
Governor Okorocha gave the hint when he had a breakfast meeting with Journalists in the State at his private residence in Owerri on Tuesday, March 24, 2017, adding that instead of his administration borrowing, what it had done was to pay the money borrowed by administrations before him and he has done that so that the State won’t be in debt after him.
He explained that his opponents have been imagining that he has borrowed money to be doing all that his administration has achieved in five years, stressing that the truth of the matter is that his government is not indebted to any bank.
His words “For posterity reasons, this government is not owing any bank or person, any amount except for the bailout fund that 100 million naira is been deducted from the source monthly. Any subsequent government that comes and says that Rochas borrowed is a criminal one”.
On 2019, the governor said “I will never run against President Buhari but would continue to support him in the overall interest of the nation, especially when he has stabilized the nation. I want to also say that those in Imo who made many political enemies should forget the Douglas House. We need people with free mind. I have killed the clannish nature of the state where people consider where you come from before doing anything for you. The politics of sentiment must be discarded and discouraged. It is shame for somebody to hope on zoning to win elections”.
The governor also informed that his admi